HR 4922 119th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement

D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025

Introduced: August 8, 2025 Introduced by: Donalds, Byron Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

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Sep 17, 2025

Received in the Senate.

Sep 16, 2025

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Sep 16, 2025

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333)

Sep 16, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 270). (text: CR H4333)

Sep 16, 2025

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4345)

Sep 16, 2025

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate of H.R. 4922, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Garcia (CA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

Sep 16, 2025

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

Sep 16, 2025

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4922.

Sep 16, 2025

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.

Sep 16, 2025

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4333)

Sep 15, 2025

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 707 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.

Sep 10, 2025

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 19.

Sep 10, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Aug 8, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Aug 8, 2025

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

DC Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act or the DC CRIMES Act

This bill limits the authority of the District of Columbia (DC) government over its criminal sentencing laws.

The bill eliminates the DC government’s authority to enact any act, resolution, or rule to change any criminal liability sentence in effect on the date of the bill's enactment.

The bill also (1) reduces the maximum age of a youth offender from 24 years to 18 years, and (2) repeals a provision that allows a DC criminal court to issue a sentence to a youth offender that is less than the mandatory minimum term otherwise required by law. A DC criminal court currently has the discretion to reduce or modify certain criminal sentences for a youth offender under specified circumstances. For example, a DC court may sentence a youth offender to probation in lieu of confinement. (However, this discretion does not apply to several specified violent crimes.)

Additionally, the bill directs the Office of the Attorney General for DC to publish, and update monthly, certain youth offender crime data on a publicly accessible website.

What's happening now September 17, 2025

Received in the Senate.

Cosponsors 8 matching